Wood Borer Control

Other than Termite, wood borer beetles are another wood-destroying insects live inside wood 1/8 to ¼ inches long brown to blackish in color, female beetle lays 25 to 50 eggs inside cervices of wood when eggs hatch larva bore down into wood as the larva grows it further bores underneath the surface of the wood and finally become adult and cut round hole in the surface of wood, the life cycle of beetles up to 1-Year.

These pests with wood-boring habits are viewed seriously considering their ability to reduce timber and wooden articles to the mass of splinters and dust. The adult beetles lay their eggs in cracks and holes in the wood and the larvae, or woodworms, eat their way out of the wood over several years. Powder Post Beetles are 2 to 7 mm long and light brown to almost black in color.